The Genius of the System

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Contents: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE: THE CENTER OF GRAVITYINTRODUCTION: "THE WHOLE EQUATION OF PICTURES" = 3 THE 1920S: BEGINNINGSUNIVERSAL: THE SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE = 15 MGM: DAWN OF THE THALBERG ERA = 29 SELZNICK AT MGM: CLIMBING THE EXECUTIVE RANKS = 48 WARNER BROS.: TALKING THEIR WAY TO THE TOP = 58 1928-1932: THE POWERS THAT BESELZNICK AT PARAMOUNT: FROM BOOM TO BUST = 69 UNIVERSAL: RENAISSANCE AND RETRENCHMENT = 82 MGM AND THALBERG: ALONE AT THE TOP = 98 SELZNICK AT RKO: AT THE HELM OF A FOUNDERING STUDIO = 125 WARNER BROS.: THE ZANUCK ERA = 135 THE 1930S: GOLDEN AGEMGM IN THE MID-THIRTIES: CHARMED INTERVAL = 159 SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES: GOING INDEPENDENT = 176 WARNER BROS.: POWER PLAYS AND PRESTIGE = 199 UNIVERSAL: PLAYING BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE = 228 MGM: LIFE AFTER THALBERG = 252 SELZNICK AND HITCHCOCK: BALANCE OF POWER = 271 1941-1946: WAR BOOMWARNER BROS.: WARFARE AT HOME AND ABROAD = 297 DAVID O. SELZNICK PRODUCTIONS: PACKAGING PRESTIGE = 322 UNIVERSAL: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS = 340 MGM: THE HIGH COST OF QUALITY = 359 SELZNICK AND HITCHCOCK: SEPARATE WAYS = 381 1947-1960: DECLINEWARNER BROS.: TOP OF THE WORLD, END OF THE LINE = 411 MGM: LAST GASP OF THE STUDIO ERA = 440 UNIVERSAL: BLUEPRINT FOR THE TELEVISION AGE = 463 EPILOGUE: INTO THE NEW HOLLYWOOD = 482 NOTES ON SOURCES = 493 PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS = 508 INDEXP= 509

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